Global 9 Review Vocab 2

European period of rebirth and renewal in learning, the arts, and culture.

Under the Tang and Song Dynasties China created?

It formed from the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of Rome.

Military wars to retake Christian holy places (the Holy Land/ Middle East from the Muslims.

Martin Luther in 1517 that sought to reform abuses in the Roman Catholic Church.

West African Kingdoms of Ghana/Mali/Songhai's Major trade goods...

Economic system private ownership of the means of production, competition, and profit.

Spanish labor system established in the New World.

Honor Codes for Knights and Samurai

A period after the Renaissance where exploration and colonization increased trade for profit

Central and southeast African tribal community;Migrated to to find farmland. Huge migration

Holy City in the Middle East; a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Belief a country needs colonies to serve them for raw materials and exclusive markets.

Philosophy behind the Renaissance. Focusing on the individual not the state or church

The Renaissance started in

Trade route that included slaves from Africa,raw materials from the New World, finished good EU

An Islamic scholar whose journeys took him over most of the known world.

A Chinese explorer from 1405 to 1433. Traveled to India, Africa and the Middle East.

These Cultures had massive cultures and achievements in America before European arrival.

A machine that produces printed copies. Its first book was the Bible(Gutenberg)

An economic system based on a self-sufficient, Medieval Europe used this system.

Military leader of Japan , until 1868, exercised absolute rule

Devastating plague hitting Western Europe in 1300’s, killing up to one-half of the population.

spread of desert into grassland areas often due to poor land use and drought

A system of rule by local lords who were bound to a king by ties of loyalty. Japan/Europe

Merchant from Venice who told tales of his visiting the court of Kublai Kahn in China.

A famous ruler of the Mali Empire , made Timbuktu a center for trade, wealth, and education.

Create largest land empire in History in Asia/Europe.

A set of laws drawn up by Justinian, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)

Exchange of plants,animals, Disease, ideas from old world to new..

Turning hillsides into steps or terraces to create flat surfaces for farming

The Christian faith based upon the teachings of Jesus, Glue that held Middle Age Europe togeth